Improvement in beer-coolers for beer on draught



"tant tttiiti f HUGO SELL',l on" NEW Yoan, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 112,742, atea March 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT lN BEER-COOLERS FORl BEER ON DRAUGHT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom vz'i may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO SELL, of the city, county, and State of N ewlYork, have invented a new and AImproved Beer-Cooler; and I do hereby declare -the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enabl'ethose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specicav tion,inwhich drawing- Figure l represent-s a front view ci' this invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal-section of the saine, the

line x fc, fig. 1; indicating the plane of section. 1

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

rIhis invention consists in the arrangement of aserpentine pipe situated in'a tank-lled with ice, said pipe being provided with a stop-cock, connected by'y means of a flexible. tube with the discharge-opening of a barrel or otheryessel containing beer, in su'ch a manner that, by opening the stop-cock at the end of the serpentine pipe, the beer is allowed to discharge from the barrel, and, as the discharge takes place, the beer is compelled to pass through the serpentine pipe, where its temperature` is lowered to the desired degree, whilefat the same Itime the quantity of ice required to produce this eiect is much less than that needed to produce the-same effect if the ice is placed directly on the barrel, or if the barrel is inclosed in a refrigerator. Y

In the drawing- The letter A designates a frame provided with a series of cavities a to-receive the barrels B, which are placed loosely thereon in the rdinary manner.

In theA bottom part of this frame is secured a vat O, in vwhich is situated a serpentine pipe D, one end of which is bent up and connects, by means of a ilex-A iblepipe E, with the-tap-hole of one of the barrels, while its other end extends through, the front side of the vat'and'isclosed by a stop-cock, `F. 4

The serpentine pipe D is, by preference, made of clay, or other material whichwill not Abe aiiected by the beer passing through it, and the vat 0 is filled January, 1871.

with ice, whichis intended to surround the pipe D 'on all sides, so that the beer contained in or passing through said pipe will be rapidly cooled.

In practice, the pipe D is made in sections, which are connected by flanges o and bolts` b, or Ly any other suitable means.

The flexible pipe E may be simply stretched over the end of the serpentine pipe, or it may be secured theretoby a nut, or otherwise; and said exible pipeis also stretched over the discharging end of the tap j; which is inserted in the tap-hole ot' the barrel; or the connection between the exible pipe and the tap-hol may be made in any desirable manner, so that said pipe can be readily taken oi from one barrel and applied to another.

When the tap f is opened, the beer passes down in to the serpentine-pipe D, where its temperature is 1ap' y idly lowered to the desired degree;' and if this pipe is made sufficiently large and long, a large number of `glasses cache drawn, vwhile the beer passing from the4 barrel down into said pipe becomes cool"before it reaches the dischargespout of' the cock'F.

The water accumulating in the vat O from the melting of the ice is drawn ofi' by a faucet, g.

By these means the operation of cooling down the beer to the requisite degree is rendered'. simple and economical, and if a fresh barrel is tapped the beer discharging from the stop-cock F is at once cooled down without loss Ottime.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Le ters Patent, is

The combination of a vat, O, containing aserpentine pipe, D, with a frame, A, capable oi' supporting one or 4 more barrels 'B, substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

This specification signed ly-me this 28th day of HUGO SELL. i Witnesses:

W. HAUF'F, E. F, KAsrnNHunnn. 

